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WITH GOD IN THE 

YELLOWSTONE 



By 
ALMA WHITE 



AUTHOR OF 

Looking Back from Beiilah (in both English 
and German), Gems of Life, Golden Sunbeam';, 
Demons and Tongues, The Chosen People, My 
Trip to the Orient, The New Testament Church 
(2 vols.), The Titanic Tragedy — God Speaking 
to the Nations, Truth Stranger than Fiction, 
Why I do not Eat Meat, Restoration of Israel, 
the Hope of the World, The Story of My Life 
(Vol. I) ; and Editor of the Pillar of Fire, the 
Good Citizen, the Rocky Mountain Pillar of Fire, 
the London' Pillar of Fire, the British Sentinel, 
and the Occidental Pillar, of Fire. 



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PREFACE 

IN this volume I have attempted not simply 
to give a brief account of a recent trip to 
Yellowstone National Park and to describe 
some of Nature's grandeurs, but to elucidate 
spiritual truths that were demonstrated in this 
place of many "wonders" in a thousand mira- 
cles before my eyes. 

There is no more poetical, picturesque, and 
fascinating spot on the globe, and no other 
place where magnificence and sublimity blend 
so harmoniously with the softest tints and col- 
orings as in the Yellowstone region. 

Here are geological formations in which 
the book of ages has been written in inks of 
variegated hues. In the canyons, rivers, and 
waterfalls, in the lakes, springs, and pools, 
specimens of Eden have been preserved on the 
outside of a thin crust, covering the sulphur- 
ous flames of the regions below, where the 
rumblings of God's wrath are heard threaten- 
ing the world with judgments. 



4 PREFACE 

The mighty forces that operated in ages 
past are still at His command, demonstrated 
by the boiling springs, the volcanoes and spout- 
ing geysers. Ten thousand omens are herald- 
ing the approach of the winding-up of this age, 
and the beginning of a new dispensation in 
which all men shall acknowledge Jehovah in 
His majesty and power as the one and only 
Potentate worthy of the adoration and hom- 
age of the human race. 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Historical Statement y 

CHAPTER I— Enroute to the Park, 19 

CHAPTER H— Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone .... 33 

CHAPTER HI— Upper and Lower Falls 47 

CHAPTER IV— Mammoth Hot Springs 59 

CHAPTER V— Norris Geyser Basin 1Z 

CHAPTER VI— Upper Geyser Basin 84 

CHAPTER VII— Upper Geyser Basin (Cont.) 102 

CHAPTER VIII— The Bottomless Pit 109 

CHAPTER IX— The Voice of God 123 

The Yellowstone and How it was Made 136 



ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

Alma White Frontispiece 

Map of Yellowstone Park ' 8 

Group of Bannock Indian War Chiefs 12 

Bannock Indian Papoose 14 

Arch at Northern Entrance to Yellowstone Park 18 

Shoshone Canyon 22 

Shoshone Dam 24 

The Holy City 27 

Pahaska Tepee Lodge 29 

Chittenden Bridge 32 

Sylvan Lake 35 

Yellowstone Lake 37 

Eagle's Nest Rock 40 

Grand Canyon, from Inspiration Point 42 

Willow Park Camp 45 

Lower Yellowstone Fall 48 

Bear Feeding "A La Carte" 52 

Upper Yellowstone Fall 55 

Beaver Dam 61 

Mammoth Hot Springs 63 

Fort Yellowstone 66 

Obsidian Cliff 69 

Roaring Mountain 72 

Norris Geyser Basin '. 75 

National Park Mountain 78 

•^Hell's Half Acre" 3o 



ILLUSTRATIONS 7 

Mammoth Paint Pots 83 

Office Old Faithful Inn 85 

Old Faithful Geyser 86 

Giantess Geyser in Action 89 

The Sponge Geyser 93 

TTie Beehive Geyser 95 

Castle Geyser 98 

Butterfly Spring 100 

Riverside Geyser . 105 

Giant Geyser 107 

Morning Glory Spring 108 

Grotto Geyser 1 1 1 

Sapphire Pool — Biscuit Basin 114 

Punch Bowl 116 

Handkerchief Pool 118 

Emerald Pool 121 

Jupiter Terrace 125 

Buffalo Herd 127 

Elk Stalled in Snow 130- 

Golden Gate Canyon and Viaduct 132 



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HISTORICAL STATEMENT 

IN a book entitled, The Discovery of Yel- 
lowstone Park, written by Nathaniel P. 
Langford, the author gives an account of 
an expedition of 130 persons who started from 
St. Paul, June 16, 1862, for the Salmon River, 
as it had been widely rumored that extensive 
placer mines had been discovered there. The 
expedition was led by Captain James L. Fisk, 
the noted Indian fighter. Among his assis- 
tants were E. H. Burritt, Nathaniel P. Lang- 
ford, and Samuel R. Bond, who acted as 
secretary. David E. Folsom, Robert C. Knox, 
Cornelius Bray, Patrick Doherty, Ard God- 
frey, and Patrick Bray, were selected for 
guard duty. Many well-known pioneers of 
Montana were in this company, whose names 
are familiar to the writer. 

After eighteen weeks of hazardous adven- 
ture, the expedition arrived, on the 23d of Oc- 
tober, at Grasshopper Creek. The weather 
being too cold for them to proceed on the jour- 



lO HISTORICAL STATEMENT 

ney, they decided to camp in that locality for 
the winter. This region was then the rendez- 
vous of the Bannack Indians ; and the St. Paul 
expedition named the settlement Bannack. 

To me it is a strange coincidence that this 
expedition of pioneers should have left St. 
Paul on the day of my birth, the i6th of June, 
1862; and that on March 31st, 1882, a little 
more than nineteen years, later, I should reach 
this same locality, having been engaged to 
teach the Bannack public school, which I began 
the 4th of April. 

Frequently the early history of the town 
and its inhabitants was rehearsed in my 
hearing, but many deplored the fact that some 
of the old-timers had moved to Virginia 
City, Helena, Butte, and other places, and 
that the placer mines of Bannack were not 
so prosperous as in former days. But there 
were enough of the pioneers left to keep fresh 
in the miemories of the younger generation 
the stories of adventures with wild beasts, the 
Indians, etc. Some of the stories were 
looked upon as fabrications, while others were 
known to be plain statements of facts. 
^ I heard so much about the Indians, their 
reprisals and cruelty, that I lived in constant 



HISTORICAL STATEMENT II 

dread of them, even when there was no cause 
for alarm. A short time before I reached Mon- 
tana, which was then a territory, there had 
been an uprising of some tribes, and a number 
of persons Hving in Bannack and vicinity had 
been killed. When they were on the warpath at 
this particular time, the inhabitants of Ban- 
nack had to barricade themselves in the new 
brick courthouse and stay for days to protect 
themselves from a general slaughter. 

I was not afraid of the squaws with their 
papooses strapped to boards on their backs, 
but when the ''bucks," as they were called, 
pressed their flat noses against the window- 
panes asking for muck-a-muck (food), they 
frightened me so that I could not get over it 
for hours. No one else seemed to have any fear 
of them, even though harrowing stories were 
everywhere being told about their treachery 
and cruelty. I made my home with Aunt 
Eliza, my mother's sister, who had married 
Dillon B. Mason, a pioneer of Montana, about 
ten years before. It was she who had en- 
gaged the public school for me and had in- 
sisted on my coming to Montana, from Ken- 
tucky, to teach at Bannack. 

When the Indians on their foraging expe- 



HISTORICAL STATEMENT 1 3 

ditions came around to the back door and win- 
dows of the kitchen, it seemed to be my lot 
to see them first. When they saw how I was 
disturbed at their presence, they would throw 
their heads back and laugh, and say, ''White 
squaw, heaply big fool.'' My uncle and aunt 
were always on friendly terms with them, call- 
ing them John, Jim, and other familiar names. 
This pleased them very much, especially when 
food was given them ; and I knew they would 
be around again in a few days, much to my 
annoyance. 

Patrick Bray of Bannack, whose name is 
mentioned in the St. Paul expedition, was one 
of the old pioneers who could tell more ''blood 
and thunder" stories than anyone else in the 
community. 

* In 1870, a party composed of some of the 
most prominent citizens of Montana, under the 
leadership of General Washburn, then the 
Surveyor-General of the Territory, went on an 
exploring expedition to the Yellowstone re- 
gions. The names of some of the members of 
this party were household words in the early 
days of Montana, and familiar to the writer. 
Among them were Cornelius Hedges, Na- 
thaniel P. Langford, the first superintendent of 



HISTORICAL STATEMENT 1 3 

the Park, T. C. Everts, S. T. Hauser, and 
Lieut. G. C. Doane. The reader will note the 
fact that N. P. Langford was a member of the 
St. Paul party under the leadership of Captain 
Fisk, that landed on Grasshopper Creek, Mon- 
tana, in the fall of 1862; and much of the suc- 
cess of the expedition was due to his heroism. 
Also much credit is due him for his unabating 
devotion to the cause of the republic, and the 
service he rendered in having the region set 
apart as a National Park, March ist, 1872. 
Until this time, there were no restrictions on 
hunting, trapping, gathering of specimens, 
etc., or to fencing in the geysers by private in- 
dividuals. THE ACT OF THE DEDICA- 
TION OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL 
PARK, approved March ist, 1872, was as fol- 
lows : 

'*Be it Enacted by the Senate and the House 
OF Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress Assembled : 

"That the tract of land in the Territories of Mon- 
tana and Wyoming, lying near the headwaters of the 
Yellowstone River, and described as follows, to-wit : 
Commencing at the junction of Gardmer River with 
the Yellowstone River, and running east to the merid- 



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ian passing ten miles to the eastward of the most 
eastern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence south 
along the said meridian to the parallel of latitude pass- 
ing ten miles south of the most southern point of Yel- 
lowstone Lake; thence west along said parallel to the 
meridian passing fifteen miles west of the most west- 
ern point of Madison Lake; thence north along said 
meridian to the latitude of the junction of the Yel- 
lowstone and Gardiner Rivers ; thence east to place of 
beginning — is hereby reserved and withdrawn from 
settlement, occupancy or sale under the laws of the 
United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public 
park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment 
of the people ; and all persons who shall locate, settle 
upon or occupy the same or any part thereof, except 
as hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespass- 
ers and removed therefrom. 

"Sec. 2. The said public Park shall be under the 
exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, 
whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to 
make and publish such rules and regulations as he 
may deem necessary and proper for the care and man- 
agement of the same. Such regulations shall provide 
for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all 
timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or won- 
ders within said park and their retention in their 
natural condition. 

'The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases 
for building purposes, for terms not exceeding ten 



HISTORICAL STATEMENT 1/ 

years, of small parcels of ground, at such places in 
said park as shall require the erection of buildings for 
the accommodation of visitors; all the proceeds of 
said leases, and all other revenues that may be de- 
rived from any source connected with said park, to bo 
expended under his direction in the management of 
the same, and the construction of roads and bridle 
paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton 
destruction of the fish and game found within said 
park, and against their capture or destruction for the 
purpose of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause 
all persons trespassing upon the same after the pas- 
sage of this act to be removed therefrom, and gener- 
ally shall be authorized to take all such measures as 
shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the ob- 
jects and purpose of this act." 



Yellowstone— 2 




ARCH AT NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK, 
DEDICATED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



With God In the Yellowstone 



CHAPTER I 

ENROUTE TO THE PARK 

ON September 2, 19 19, I left Zarephath, 
New Jersey for Denver, Colorado. 
Seven days later, accompanied by my 
brother and his wife. Rev. Charles W. and Lil- 
lian O. Bridwell, I started on a trip to the Yel- 
lowstone National Park. Traffic on the rail- 
roads was so heavy out of Denver that we had 
some difficulty in getting properly routed, but 
finally succeeded. Twenty-four hours later, we 
reached Cody, Wyoming, the eastern entrance 
to the Park. We secured lodging at the Irma 
Hotel, founded by William F. Cody (Buffalo 
Bill), and named for his favorite daughter. 

On the walls of the office and in the halls of 
this hotel were splendid paintings, in which the 
whole history of the famous frontiersman and 
Indian fighter was shown. Hours could 



20 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

profitably be spent studying these pictures, in 
which one could learn more about the ''Wild 
West," of former days, than one could get 
from the average history. AH of the famous 
Indian chiefs were there, among them, Red 
Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Black Bird. Their 
features were so perfectly outlined I almost 
felt I was looking into their faces. 

There were so many tourists we were for- 
tunate in getting accommodations at this place^ 
when arrangements had not been made ahead. 
Since I felt the need of rest, and my brother 
wanted more information concerning the tour 
through the Park, we concluded to stay over 
for a day. We held an open-air Gospel meet- 
ing here, and had the opportunity of getting 
acquainted with some of the people whom we 
told about the work of the Pillar of Fire or- 
ganization. 

At one time we had about decided to hire an 
automobile and drive through the Park, but 
later, concluded it would be too much of an 
undertaking, and made arrangements with the 
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company to- 
take us through for about forty-three dollars 
each; this included board and lodging at the 
Yellowstone Camps. 



ENROUTE TO THE PARK 21 

At 8:15, on the morning of September 12, 
we boarded one of the big, yellow touring-cars, 
with a number of other passengers, and pro- 
ceeded on our journey. We had nothing to do 
with the selection of our automobile party, but 
could not have been better suited. About four 
miles west of Cody, we entered the Shoshone 
Canyon, three miles from the first tunnel. In 
the meantime, we were climbing up the moun- 
tainside so rapidly that it was soon hundreds 
of feet to the chasm below. 

In a little while we reached the top of the 
Shoshone Dam, to the left, and here made 
our first stop. The scenery, while approaching 
and when leaving the dam, was the most mag- 
nificent I have ever beheld. Word-pictures fail 
to give even a slight idea of the depths of the 
canyon, the wonderful tints and hues caused 
by mineral formations and volcanic action in 
ages past. The trees on either side were of 
such immense height, that I was almost stag- 
gered. I was not expecting anything like this, 
on the run from Cody to the boundary of the 
Park ; and surprises awaited me every moment 
of the time. 

While waiting at the dam, I copied from a 
board the following dimensions : 



ENROUTE TO THE PARK 2^ 

Height, 328 feet, 

Thickness at base, 108 feet, 

Thickness at top, 10 feet. 

Length of crest, 200 feet, 

Capacity of reservoir, 456,000 acre-feet, 

Area of water surface, 10 square miles, 

Maximum width, 4 miles. 

Maximum depth, 233 feet, 

Length of spillway, 300 feet. 

Work begun, 1905, 

Work completed, 1910, 

Total cost, $1,354,000. 

The scenery approaching the dam on both 
sides, was to me so unparalleled and inspiring, 
my heart cried out with the Psalmist: 

"Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in 
all generations. Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the 
earth and the world, even from everlasting to 
everlasting, thou art God. . . . For a thousand 
years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it 
is past, and as a watch in the night." 

After leaving the dam, we passed slowly 
through the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth tun- 
nels. Twelve miles from Cody we had a mag- 
nificent view of the great Shoshone Reser- 
voir at our left. Then we passed the Morris 
Ranch, crossed the bridge over the Shoshone 




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ENROUTE TO THE PARK 25 

River and turned to the right. We passed a 
school house, HolHster's Ranch, Frost and 
Richard's Ranch, entered Shoshone National 
Forest and took the left side road to Canyon 
Forest Ranger Station. Two miles farther 
was the overhanging Rock Cliff, and other 
places of less importance between it and the 
Holy City at the right. 

About forty-one miles from Cody we came 
to the Palisades; then followed Mesa Creek, 
Good Camp, Elephant Head at the right. Mu- 
tilated Hand, and Eagle Creek. About fifty- 
three miles from Cody we arrived at Pa- 
HASKA Tepee Lodge, founded by Buffalo Bill. 
This station is only two miles from the 
boundary of the Park. The yellow cars turn 
in at the lodge for luncheon. A stop of about 
an hour and a half was allowed here. The 
house is built of unplaned logs with a large 
fireplace and small windows. It has wide 
porches, provided with easy chairs for the 
tourists. While it has a wild, rustic appear- 
ance it is homelike. 

A little brown bear chained to a tree on the 
grass plot in front furnished much amusement 
for the company by turning somersaults. 
Three or four bears had been killed a few days 



26 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

before, somewhere in the neighborhood of the 
lodge, and bear meat was served at luncheon. 
However, none of the three members of our 
party ate animal flesh. 

We asked that eggs might be substituted, 
but our request was not granted, and we 
had to be content with what we could get. 
We did not find the courtesy and interest mani- 
fested in our welfare here, on the part of the 
managers, that we expected; and we felt that 
if we had to meet the same difficulties farther 
on, it would be a matter of regret to us that we 
did not hire a -conveyance and make an inde- 
pendent tour. Fortunately, we found a de- 
cided difference in the management at the 
camps. 

Two young women, who had been residing 
in the park camps for the summer, had ar- 
ranged with the driver of our car to sit on the 
front seat with him on the trip from Cody to 
Yellowstone Camp. However, they were not 
on hand in the morning when we were ready 
to start, and a person who had later secured 
the front seat kindly let me have it. I was 
grateful for the protection the wind-shield gave 
me, and of being able to keep my feet .warm 
near the engine. When the young women found 



2S WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

that they had been left, they hired an automo- 
bile and overtook us. They paid a woman 
chauffeur, clad in men's clothing, ten dollars for 
this trip; and just as we were halting at the 
dam they drove up, to the delight of the young 
man who was driving our car. 

Nothing was said to me about giving them 
the front seat, but they made some remarks in 
the presence of others that showed plainly what 
was on their minds. I kept my place until we 
reached Pahaska Lodge. In the meantime 
"Heine," the driver, as he was called, seemed 
more or less excited, and occasionally called to 
them in the rear seat. He was running at such 
speed it was difficult for some of the passengers 
to keep their places, especially where there were 
sharp curves in the road. He was, no doubt, a 
skilful driver. He seemed to know that he was 
exceeding the speed limit, and shouted out to 
one of the young women, ''Ruth, are you all 
there?" A few minutes after this he ran 
against the post of a bridge and came near 
having a wreck, but no one said anything to 
him, nor made a protest against his careless- 
ness and levity when he should have been at- 
tending to business. 

''Heine" spent the time at Pahaska Lodge 



30 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

in the company of the two girls; and when 
the time came to go, he did not wait, as 
others did, to load up in front of the building, 
but took them out to the rear where the car was 
standing and put them in the front seat. There 
was a protest on the part of all the other pas- 
sengers, who insisted that he should give me 
the seat I had occupied in the morning, but he 
was unyielding; and after a half hour's delay 
and controversy they saw the utter futility of 
trying to convince him of his act of injustice, 
and. proceeded on the journey. However, it 
served the purpose of quieting him down and 
causing him to be more careful in the danger- 
ous places of the road. 

The woman in charge at the Pahaska 
Lodge, who had failed to serve us with eggs, 
after one of the waitresses had promised them 
to me, was chafing under an impeachment of 
her lack of good will and hospitality toward 
some of her patrons ; and came boldly out to the 
car, and in the presence of every one took sides 
with the driver, assuring him that she would 
stand for the delay. This greatly strengthened 
him in the stand he had taken. 

It was not very pleasant to ride behind a 
driver with so much responsibility, who was 



ENROUTE TO THE PARK 3 1 

carrying on a flirtation. I once saw a brakeman 
flirting with a young woman when he should 
have been attending to business. Suddenly, he 
lost his footing, fell between the cars and was 
crushed to death. Human nature has been so 
weakened through the fall that there is not 
much dependence to be put in one where a play 
by the opposite sex is being made on the heart- 
strings. Samson was shorn of his strength 
by the fair-faced Delilah, and made to grind 
without eyes in the mills of the Philistines, 
after he had rent a lion, carried off the gates 
of Gaza, and defied all the enemies of Israel. 

There is too much good-natured toleration 
of such things, where human lives are involved. 
Most people choose the path of least resistance, 
when it does not seriously interfere with their 
rights or comfort, but not so with our fellow 
passengers, four of whom were devout mem- 
bers of the Friends' Church. There was a 
principle involved, and theydid not hesitate to 
show on which side they were. We enjoyed 
the company of these "Friends'' very much. 
The two gentlemen and their wives were our 
companions on the trip from the morning we 
left Cody till the day we parted at the Old 
Faithful Camp at the Upper Geyser Basin. 



CHAPTER II 

GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE 

AFTER crossing the Yellowstone boun- 
dary, about two miles west of Pa- 
haska Tepee Lodge, I began to feel 
an atmosphere of freedom that I had not 
hitherto enjoyed on the trip. I felt that 
the Yellowstone National Park, with all of its 
wonders and many interests, belonged to me as 
much as to any other person on the earth ; and 
from that moment it seemed that I was walking 
with God to the very gates of heaven and to the 
brink of hell. The freedom of animal life in 
the Park, brought to my mind vivid pic- 
tures of the Millennium, when, as Isaiah says, 
nothing shall hurt or destroy in all God's holy 
mountain. It should be a matter of great in- 
terest and satisfaction to Americans that our 
government has the custody of the Yellowstone 
— that man with selfish interests is prohibited 
from laying claim to anything within its boun- 
daries, and is compelled to refrain from mar- 
ring or defacing the formations around the 

Yellowstone — 3 



34 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

geysers and other places, and from destroying 
animal life. 

It is to be deplored that so few know how 
rich they are in the gifts that God and nature 
have bestowed upon us as a people, in this vast 
region of more than 3,000 square miles of so 
many miracles and wonders. 

About eight miles from the border, we came 
to Sylvan Pass ; then followed Snow Fall, Lake 
Eleanor, Sylvan Lodge, Sylvan Lake, and 
Wedded Trees, at the left. About eleven miles 
from Sylvan Pass, we came to Turbid Lake, 
Osprey Nest in a tree at the right. Fishing 
Bridge, Yellowstone River, and turned to the 
right to Grand Canyon. 

Our first stop after leaving Pahaska Lodge 
was at Mud Volcano and Green Gable 
Spring, at the left. This was the first place 
where we had found any disturbance on the 
surface caused by the heated regions below. 
The angry crater of the volcano resembled, in 
some respects, the Mammoth Paint Pots in the 
Lower Geyser Basin, but unlike the latter, 
there was nothing beautiful about it, — it was 
simply a great mass of boiling mud, manifest- 
ing such intense heat as to spout up several feet, 
threatening to bespatter those who came too 



36 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

near. It was enclosed by a railing, around 
which was a board walk. Below the mud 
geyser was a boiling spring where the water, 
clear as crystal, poured out of the ground and 
was carried away. 

I ventured to put my finger into the water 
and was nearly burned. This place was only 
a suggestion of what we were to see later in 
the Geyser Basins. 

At our left, eight miles from Sylvan Pass, 
we had a splendid view of Yellowstone 
Lake in the distance. In .the heart of the 
Park Plateau, averaging more than eight thou- 
sand feet elevation, surrounded by mountains, 
waterfalls, and cascades, is the lake, twenty 
miles in length, which, at its elevation, has but 
one rival, Lake Titicaca, in the Andes. As our 
party did not visit West Thumb, it was our 
privilege to see the lake only at a distance, 
where we could have but a slight idea of its 
beauty and immensity. 

"David E. Folsom, of the Folsom and Cook 
Exploring Part}^, in 1869 says: 

As we were about departing on our homeward trip, 
we ascended the summit of a neighboring hill and took 
a final look at Yellowstone Lake. Nestled among 
the forest-crowned hills which bounded our vision, lay 



38 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

this inland sea, its crystal waves dancing and spark- 
ling in the sunlight as if laughing with joy for their 
wild freedom. It is a scene of transcendent beauty, 
which has been viewed by but few white men, and we 
felt glad to have looked upon it before its primeval 
solitude should be broken by the crowds of pleasure- 
seekers, which at no distant day will throng its 
shores.' " 

For the next few miles .the scenery was 
most fascinating, but it was only a prelude to 
what awaited us in the first gHmpse we were 
to get of the Grand Canyon. 

We halted at Inspiration Point, where 
I followed others down the steps to a 
great ledge of rocks overhanging the chasm. 
The scene that greeted my vision was so over- 
whelming and unexpected that I became dizzy 
and had to make my way back to the car, sup- 
ported by the railing. 

This yawning gulf with its awful depths 
of nearly two thousand feet, through which 
the river, like a silver thread was wending its 
way, and the sublime coloring produced by na- 
ture, reflected from the mineral formations on 
the sides of the great canyon, was a sight too 
much for human frailty, and I had to be sat- 
isfied to take a glimpse and wait until I could 



GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE 39 

recuperate from the shock before attempting 
another adventure. 

Before leaving Inspiration Point, some one 
shouted, ''See the eagle's nest !" and there, look- 
ing down into a tall pine tree at the right of the 
descent, was the nest; but I was more inter- 
ested in the canyon, for I had never had the 
faintest conception of what it really is. 

When I had recuperated somewhat from 
the bewilderment, I was inclined to charge 
those who had visited the Park before, among 
whom were my brother and his wife, with 
stupidity and a lack of appreciation, but after- 
wards I had to admit that the half cannot be 
told. Unlike the Royal Gorge in Colorado, we 
were not at the bottom looking up, but at the 
top looking down into the silent and awful 
depths. It was as if the earth had rent asun- 
der and we were standing on the brink looking 
over into the abyss. 

"Of all the marvels of the Yellowstone National 
Park, the most sublime is the Grand Canyon. Through 
this the Yellowstone River, which is a tributary of the 
Missouri, flows in one place for twenty continuous 
miles between perpendicular cliffs only about 200 
yards apart and from 1,200 to 1,500 feet in height. 
At the entrance of this part of the canyon the whole 




eagle's nest rock © Haynes, St. Paul 



GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE 4I 

river makes a stupendous leap of 308 feet, in what is 
known as the 'Lower Fall.' The sides of this gigantic 
chasm have literally almost all the colors of the rain- 
bow displayed upon their vertical surfaces. Red, 
orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and white tints, 
are constantly succeeding one another here in won- 
derful variety, thus lighting up with glory countless 
architectural forms, which Nature, it would seem, had 
fashioned here to make the proudest works of man ap- 
pear diminutive and tame. These colors doubtless 
have been formed by the percolating through the cliffs 
of the hot mineral waters from the neighboring 
springs. Distinguished painters have sadly declared 
that any adequate representation of these brilliant, va- 
riegated hues is utterly beyond the power of human 
art. What an unrivalled combination is there, there- 
fore, in this canyon, of awe-inspiring grandeur and 
enchanting beauty ! And what a magnificent path- 
way has been given to the Yellowstone River ! Leav- 
ing the famous Yellowstone Lake enclosed by snow- 
clad mountains, it passes through a series of rapids 
and a fall of 140 feet before it even reaches the 
Grand Canyon, and just beyond this it receives a 
tributary, which in its haste to join it, makes a leap 
of 156 feet. Thus cradled in sublimity, the Yellow- 
stone River must be called in some respects the most 
extraordinary stream upon our continent." 

Why was this place kept concealed from 
the eyes of civilized man for nearly four hun- 
dred years after America was discovered? 



42 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Even now only a small per cent of the 100,000,- 

000 people of the United States know what they 
possess in this romantic and mysterious region, 
which in some places seems to be the ante- 
chamber of heaven and the very mouth of hell. 
Many, for lack of opportunity or interest, will 
never see the Yellowstone National Park, while 
multitudes from foreign shores will swarm like 
bees within its boundaries and reap the bene- 
fits of the sacrifice and toil of its discoverers 
and of God's free gift to America. 

When the Queen of Sheba came from the 
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom 
of Solomon, and he answered all her questions, 
showing her the riches and glory of his 
kingdom, she said, ''It was a true report that 

1 heard in mine own land of thy acts and of 
thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, 
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, 
BEHOLD, THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD 
ME." This truly could be said of the Grand 
Canyon. I have been many times through the 
Rocky Mountain regions, passed through the 
Royal Gorge, have seen most of the places 
of interest that the mountain passes, fastnesses, 
and peaks afford, but nothing had ever so 
charmed, awed, inspired, and bewildered me 



GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE 43 

as did the first glimpse of the Grand Canyon 
of the Yellowstone. 

Solomon's kingdom symbolizes the second 
work of grace, taught in the Scriptures, an ex- 
perience which no one can understand unless 
he is in possession of it. Experience is neces- 
sary to enjoy it in its fulness, and so with na- 
ture's grandeur and magnificence on such a 
ti^emendous scale as in the Grand Canyon of 
the Yellowstone. One must see with the eyes 
what the mind fails to grasp by the hearing 
of the ear. Language, with its adaptability to 
the usages of mortal man, is inadequate. Word- 
pictures, though drawn by the most visionary 
and gifted, fail to convey in a slight degree 
the grandeur of nature's activities and exhi- 
bitions- in this the most inspiring and pic- 
turesque spot on the globe. 

After I was again seated in the car, 
for a few moments my eyes were closed to all 
the world about me, and in a new sense I be- 
gan to realize the infinite depths of divine 
power and wisdom, and how small is the crea- 
ture when compared with the Creator. 

At Artist's View we stopped again for 
another look at the canyon. In the opinion of 
some persons, a better view was to be had here 



44 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

than at Inspiration Point, but I did not think so, 
and did not tarry long. FeeHng that enough had 
been crowded into one day, I went back to 
the stage anxious to get where I could relax 
and rest. 

A few minutes later we arrived at 
Yellowstone Camp_, near the Upper and 
Lower Falls. After we had registered and 
were shown the way to our tents, the even- 
ing meal was served in a large, spacious din- 
ing-room. 

In the office of the camp we found a 
log fire burning. A score or more of tour- 
ists seated around it were engaged in conver- 
sation ; and the new arrivals received a cordial 
welcome. Everything presented so homelike 
an appearance, it made me feel as if I should 
like to spend a week here. 

The greatest courtesy was manifested 
on the part of the managers and those 
who rendered us service, and I felt that they 
had a real heart interest in our welfare. The 
accommodations in the tents were all that 
one could ask. The tents had floors, were 
boarded up the sides, and furnished with 
all the conveniences necessary. In each one 
there was a stove that was lighted both 



46 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

morning and evening, as it was late in the sea- 
son and sometimes the temperature was almost 
at freezing point. When a fire was needed, 
one of the attendants at the camp came to 
light it. 



CHAPTER III 

UPPER AND LOWER FALLS 

AFTER dinner was served on the even- 
ing of our arrival, my brother 
and his wife took a trip down 
Uncle Tom's Trail to the base of the 
Lower Yellowstone Fall. They returned 
later, excited not a little, to tell of their 
adventure and what they had seen. I re- 
gretted that they did not wait until morning, 
so that I could go with them, but I was so 
elated with the description of the fall that I 
was determined to go down the trail, if I had 
to go alone. The next morning when I saw 
how hazardous the undertaking would be, there 
was nothing that could have induced me to de- 
scend the rocky steep over which they had trav- 
eled. Sister Lillian and I got a good view of 
the fall from a prominence near the edge of 
the canyon, and this satisfied me. 

Just before the water makes its tremendous 
leap, it is compressed within a width of 
about TOO feet, where it seems to slow 



48 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

down to prepare for the shock before it dashes 
308 feet over the rocks. Here from the foam- 
ing mass of spray, gorgeous rainbows may be 
seen. The eye is then incHned to follow the 
little stream that dwindles away between the 
rocky sides of the great chasm, foaming and 
dashing as it goes, until it looks like a silver 
thread in the distance. The rainbow colors 
at the fall, blending with the various tints 
and hues reflected from the mineral forma- 
tions on the sides of the canyon, presented a 
picture that no artist could paint. 

My sister and I took the trail along the 
edge of the canyon and finally made intersec- 
tion with the automobile road within a short 
distance of the camp. On the way back, I 
felt as if I had lighted down on another sphere 
where I could stay for only a brief period, and 
that I must profit by every moment of time 
that was allotted me. Pausing by the road- 
side, I asked the question, ''What shall it be 
when these mortal bodies put on immortality, 
when they shall no longer be subject to the laws 
of gravitation or others governing material 
substances ? What shall it be to wing one's 
flight to unseen worlds where there is still a 
greater comprehension to be had of Him who 




NO. 150, GREAT FALLS FROM BELOW, YELLOWSTONE PARK. 



UPPER AND LOWKR FALLb 49 

created the world and threw it from the tips 
of His fingers into space!'' 

It took thousands of years for astronomers 
to learn that the earth is hung upon noth- 
ing; that when God created it He made it out 
of nothing, and set the forces in action that 
were continually demonstrating His omnipo- 
tence before their eyes. 

The plan of salvation, of which it is my 
privilege to be a partaker, was never more pre- 
cious to me than at this time, and I had a new 
appreciation of the fact that an infinite price 
had been paid for man's redemption. I felt 
renewed inspiration to press the battle against 
sin and unrighteousness to the gates of heaven 
or to the depths of hell. 

The Calvary route is often rugged. There 
are many dangerous places, where if the 
Infinite One did not clasp our hands and hold 
them tightly, w^e would plunge to the depths 
of the chasm and be wrecked and ruined 
for time and eternity. We have the blessed 
consolation, however, that He has promised to 
guide us with His eye, and never to leave or 
forsake those who put their trust in Him. 

There is an atmosphere of sincerity among 
the people around the hotels and camps of the 

Yellowstone — 4 



50 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Yellowstone that is rarely found in summer re- 
sorts in other places. Here the voice of God 
in nature is heard in the smallest whisper, and 
again in tones of thunder; those who are 
inclined to be giddy and possessed with a spirit 
of levity, suddenly find themselves sobering up 
and beginning to think upon those things that 
involve the interests of their immortal souls. 

Many of the helpers about the camps and 
hotels of the Park, I was told, were students 
and teachers who had come to the Yellowstone 
unprepared financially to make the tour, and 
had accepted positions as waiters, waitresses, 
etc., in order to pay their way through, and to 
be able to return by the time their schools 
opened. Some of them received only slight com- 
pensation, and depended on the good-will of 
the tourists to reimburse them for services. 

The familiarity that was seen everywhere 
between m'an and beast betokens the fact that 
an earnest of Isaiah's prophecy of the Millen- 
nium is being fulfilled. These native animals 
are free to go wherever they please, and 
seem to have little or no fear. In many 
instances they come close enough to eat out 
of the hands of the tourists. At the park camps 
and around the kitchens of the hotels, black, 



UPPER AND LOWER FALLS 5 1 

brown, and occasionally grizzly bears could 
be seen at almost any hour of the day eating 
out of tins or otherwise in search of food. At 
our camp, near the kitchen, I found a brown 
bear with two little cubs. She looked at me 
with an independent toss of her head as much 
as to say, ''You may be surprised to see me 
here, but I am enjoying the rights and priv- 
ileges accorded me under the laws governing 
the Park; I am taking no undue liberties nor 
committing any offense.'' She then took an 
affectionate look at her cubs and warned me 
to keep my distance. I assured her that I had 
no thought of disturbing them, and so there 
was an understanding between us. I after- 
ward made frequent visits to the brow of the 
hill w^here I could get a good view of her and 
her little ones. 

Tourists often make the mistake of trying 
to feed and pet the bears. Signs are up every- 
where warning them of this danger. A short 
time before our party arrived, some person 
tried to pet a bear and was bitten in the wrist. 
It taught him and others a lesson. These an- 
imals have not been tamed, and the reason they 
are not so vicious as in primeval days is because 
no one is allowed to wound or kill them. When 



UPPER AND LOWER FALLS 53 

one becomes unmanageable and it is necessary 
to dispose of it, the government rangers who 
h.ave charge of the Park remove all traces of 
blood, and even burn the hide, so as to keep 
from arousing suspicion on the part of others. 
Thus we see, in part, what the Millennium will 
be when nothing shall hurt or destroy, and 
when ''righteousness shall be the girdle of his 
lions, and faithfulness the girdle of his 
reins/' 

'The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, 
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and 
the calf and the young lion and the fatling to- 
gether ; and a little child shall lead them. And 
the cow and the bear shall feed; their young 
ones shall lie down together : and the lion shall 
eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child 
shall play on the hole of the asp, and the 
weaned child shall put his hand on the cocka- 
trice' den. THEY SHALL NOT HURT NOR 
DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUN- 
TAIN : for the earth shall be full of the knowl- 
edge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea'' 
(Isa. 11:5:9). 

We could have spent another day at the 
Grand Canyon, as we had arranged for a five- 
day tour, but decided to spend more time at 



54 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Old Faithful Camp near the Upper Geyser 
Basin, and therefore planned to leave in the 
afternoon. In the meantime I packed up my 
things, made some notes in my dairy, and went 
alone to the Upper Yellowstone Fall. 

Here, with no one present but the unseen 
host, I spent one of the most profitable hours of 
my life. I was in a position to get a good view 
of the Fall, where the water was dashing more 
than a hundred feet over the rocks, prepara- 
tory to the final plunge of three hundred feet 
a half mile below. 

For a short time, surrounded by nature, 
with all of its primitive beauty and grandeur, 
I seemed to forget my burdens, and had a fore- 
taste of what it will be when the cross is laid 
down and the crown is won. But to be an 
overcomer, I knew there must be no shrinking 
from duty until the last battle is fought. 

Time forbade my tarrying longer at this 
place, and I hurried to the camp where I found 
my brother and sister looking for me. In a 
few minutes we had bidden many of our newly- 
made friends good-by and were hurried off in 
the yellow touring car via Tower Fall to Mam- 
moth Hot Springs, a distance of about forty 
miles. 



S6 WITH GOD IX THE YELLOWSTONE 

In the car was a new driver, and among the 
passengers were the four ''Friends" who had 
started with us from Cody, Wyoming. We 
were glad to have them, and also to have a 
change of drivers, so that we might forget the 
unpleasant experience of the day before at 
Pahaska Tepee Lodge. 

Every person in the car seemed to be in 
good spirits, and ready to enjoy the trip to the 
fullest extent. From the time we left the 
camp until we reached Mt. Washburn, a dis- 
tance of about ten miles, my time was mostly 
taken up answering the questions of a woman 
from California who wanted information about 
our organization, the Pillar of Fire. I was glad 
to answer her questions and to give her all the 
enlightenment I could, but I found that it was 
taxing my physical strength when I should 
be at my best to profit by the trip. I silently 
prayed that a change of some kind might be 
made. We did not take the automobile road 
to the summit of Mt. Washburn, an altitude of 
10,388 feet, but turned to the left through Dun- 
raven Pass, along the side of the mountain, a 
much shorter road than over the summit. 

I had no desire to go to the summit. I had 
so often been over the highest peaks of the 



UPPER AND LOWER FALLS 57 

Rockies on all the scenic railroad lines, that I 
did not care to tax my nerves on such a trip; 
^)ther passengers felt much the same. 

The drive around the side of the mountain 
was hazardous enough for me; and while 
others expressed no fear, there were times 
when I felt I should be compelled to get out 
of the car and walk. A good-natured pilot 
seated by the driver, who, no doubt, was sent 
out by the Park company, was skilful enough 
to divert my attention from the distance to the 
base of the mountain at our left until we had 
passed over the dangerous part of the road. T 
shall not forget the manner in which he under- 
took to make me forget that I was nervous. 

At Tower Fall was our first stop. The 
dizzy heights had almost unfitted me for what 
awaited us at this place, but my brother and 
the pilot assisted me up the steps and I fol- 
lowed others down the trail to the fall, dash- 
ing 132 feet over the rocks. The snowy, foam- 
ing water has the appearance of white satin rib- 
bon, falling perpendicularly between two tow- 
ering rocks, whence it gets its name. It lacks 
the volume of some other falls in the Yellow- 
stone, but its grace and beauty are nowhere 
surpassed. 



58 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTOISIE 

About four miles from the fall, we turned 
aside to Camp Roosevelt, where we found a 
great display of elk horns. I was con- 
stantly on the lookout for elk, deer, and other 
animals, as I was told that they were 
often seen in herds in that locality, but I saw 
nothing except a lonely coyote, trotting along 
utterly indifferent to our presence. It seems 
that the continual blowing of automobile horns 
has frightened the more timid creatures back 
from the highways, and only occasionally do 
they venture close enough to be seen. 



CHAPTER IV 

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 

THE distance from Grand Canyon Camp 
to Mammoth Hot Springs, near Fort 
Yellowstone, was covered in about three 
and one-half hours, with only the one stop 
at Tower Fall, and the few minutes that we 
halted at Camp Roosevelt, and the Cold Spring. 
But there was not one moment of monotony. 
The harmonious blending of colors, the distant 
mountain peaks and ranges, the soft-tinted 
sky, the trees, the water, in fact, all of Na- 
ture's best, in a milder form than we had seen 
about the Grand Canyon at the Upper and 
Lower Yellowstone Falls, was constantly pre- 
sented in shifting scenes before our vision, 
relieving, in a measure, the tension we had 
been under since arriving in the vicinity of 
the Grand Canyon. 

One place, in particular, that attracted my 
attention, was a beaver dam and hut that had 
been constructed bv an order of masons whose 



60 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Operations are conducted exclusively upon the 
principles of home protection, and whose chief 
aim is to protect the fur trade of which they 
are the producers. In order to do this and to 
keep from being stranded, it is often necessary 
for the beavers to dam up the waters and build 
a house in which to live. 

When they cut down trees, they have the 
faculty of felling them where they want to 
build, so as to conserve as much work as pos- 
sible. At our left was a creek and a dam 
they had built and a house they had con- 
structed, independent of the laws control- 
ling the builders' association or that of the 
labor unions. 

Their tools are very simple, as they use 
their teeth for saws, their tails for trowels, 
etc. In the midst of the dam was the 
hut, built of unplaned logs and carefully 
roofed. 

Under less favorable circumstances than 
is found for animal life in the Park, these lit- 
tle workers with their soft, silken fur would 
have been hunted down and captured before 
they could have brought the work to comple- 
tion. Again, I could not help but exclaim, 



62 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

What a blessing are the laws governing the 
Yellowstone Park! 

The rangers, with their stations inter- 
spersed throughout the vast area of more than 
3,000 square miles, are employed by the 
government for the protection of life and 
property, and arrests are quickly made and 
penalties fixed when there is any violation of 
the law. These men are not soldiers, but pa- 
trolmen on horseback, dressed in cowboy's uni- 
form. An ordinary soldier would be unfitted 
for such work. Men in leather shaps are 
needed who can break and ride bronchos, 
throw the lariat, and round up the herds, — 
those who are used to the mountain fast- 
nesses and the buffalo path, the haunts of 
black, brown, and grizzly bears, and are ac- 
quainted with the habits of the elk, moose, 
mountain sheep, the antelope, and the deer; 
who know the habits and lurking places of 
the unscrupulous hunters and poachers that 
defy the laws and by any or all means seek to 
evade punishment. No one is better fitted 
than the western ranger to track them down 
and see that they are brought to justice. 

When we arrived at the Mammoth 
Springs, we found a welcome at the camp and 



MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 03 

soon felt very much at home. It was cool 
enough for a fire, and many of the tourists 
gathered around the stove in the office and 
chatted with one another until the evening 
meal, which proved to be a plentiful repast and 
well served. 

Our tents were furnished after the same 
pattern as those of the Grand Canyon Camp, 
with the exception that these were lighted with 
electricity. 

The Mammoth Hot Springs and the beau- 
tiful terraces, in attempting description of 
which all language has been exhausted, were 
only a short distance from the camp. Without 
waiting for a guide, we were soon winding 
our way up the side of the hill and around 
the road where we could find an entrance 
to the plateau. I had seen pictures of the 
many springs and terraces in colors, and 
had supposed they were overdrawn, but I 
found myself in the same bewildered state 
as when I first saw the Grand Canyon. 
Before I was aware, my tears were flowing 
freely at the thought of how impossible it 
would be to describe these springs to my 
friends and others who, perhaps, would never 
have the opportunity of seeing them. The 



64 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

blending of colors cannot be described or re- 
produced by the brush of the most gifted artist. 
I was thankful that God had permitted me to 
see the work of His hands that I might help 
others in the battle for eternal life. 

Some of our party were looking for the 
Devil's Kitchen, but in the absence of a 
guide were having some difficulty in finding 
it; I had no ihclination to participate in the 
search. I had been in the ante-chamber of 
heaven and at the gates of perdition, and this 
was sufficient for one day, so I started back 
toward the camp, with a lady who seemed to 
be satisfied to stay by my side, even though 
she missed seeing many of the places of in- 
terest. 

I knew she was tired, and hoped that she 
might ride the remainder of the way. Soon 
an automobile came along and took her 
in. By this time my brother and sister and 
other members of the party had given up the 
search for the Devil's Kitchen and overtaken 
us. Later I was told that it is in the cra- 
ter of an extinct boiling spring, not far from 
some of the terraces. 

After reaching the camp, I was about to 
retire, when I decided to go to the office and 



MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 65 

see what was going on. A number of per- 
sons were preparing a program for an enter- 
tainment, and asked me to make an address, 
but I felt that enough had been crowded into 
one day, and declined. 

Before morning, the weather became very 
chilly, and I had to use both the heavy com- 
forters that had been provided for my bed. 
My circulation was not good, and my rest was 
more or less disturbed. I feared a greater 
change might come in the weather, and de- 
cided to get over the ground as quickly as pos- 
sible even though we should have to miss 
many of the details of the place. 

We had breakfast with Mr. Hayes, presi- 
dent of the Yellowstone Camp Company, who 
officially, or otherwise, has been connected 
with operations in the Yellowstone for the 
past twenty-five years. Mr. Hayes was able 
to give us some valuable information, which 
we greatly appreciated. 

Mammoth Camp is situated at the foot of 
Jupiter Terrace. A short distance away is 
Fort Yellowstone, where the administration 
headquarters of the Park is located. 

I should have enjoyed seeing more of the 
springs, with their gorgeous hues and combi- 

Yellowstone — 5 



MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 6"] 

nations, but with the hope that we should have 
the opportunity of visiting the Park again in 
the near future, our party took the morning- 
stage to Old Faithful Camp, at the Upper Gey- 
ser Basin. 

Before leaving, I got a glimpse of the 
buffalo herd on the horizon in the distance, 
and was surprised to hear how rapidly these 
animals are becoming extinct in the Park, 
where they are so well protected. It seems 
that the buffalo and the Indian go together, 
and thrive only where civilization has not yet 
come. 

The weather was cold, and having to travel 
in an open car made it very uncomfortable un- 
til the sun had time to rise above the tall trees 
and the mountain peaks. A brisk wind was 
blowing, and most of the time I had to keep 
my face heavily veiled. This hindered me 
from getting the full benefit of the scenery on 
the way to the Norris Geyser Basin. Here, 
however, there was so much steam and boiling 
water I had no difficulty in getting warm. 

We had a skilful driver, who called out 
the names of the places in a clear voice. This 
kept the passengers from being under a strain 
of uncertainty and tense listening. 



68 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Obsidian Cliff, formed as the result of 
volcanic action in ages past, is twelve miles 
south of Mammoth Hot Springs. It rises two 
hundred fifty feet above the road and is com- 
posed of jet-black, volcanic glass, usually 
opaque, streaked with red, yellow, and green. 
When the roadway was constructed, great 
fires were built around blocks of this glass, 
which, when heated, were cooled by dashing 
water upon them resulting in their being shat- 
tered into fragments. This is said to be the 
only stretch of glass road in existence. 

The cliff was "neutral ground" to the 
different tribes of Indians. Chips of obsidian 
and partly finished obsidian arrow-heads are 
found throughout the Park, usually at places 
where the Indians had their camps. When the 
cliff is illuminated by the rays of the sun, it 
has the appearance of a glistening mirror, and 
is of much interest to the tourists. 

Four and one-half miles from Norris is 
Roaring Mountain with steam escaping 
through countless apertures from its rugged 
side. The sound of the steam struggling to 
escape is not so audible now as in the past, but 
the whole picture reminds one of the inferno 
about ready to blow off its cap. 



yO WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

In close proximity to the mountain are 
greenish, milky pools fed by rivers of sulphur 
water from the springs. It was not our priv- 
ilege to tarry here, from the fact that the 
weather was uncomfortably cold, but the 
mountain stands out before me as one of the 
most interesting places to be seen on the tour. 

The wind was blowing fiercely when we 
came to Twin Lakes, four miles . from Nor- 
ris Geyser Basin, but I removed my heavy veil 
in order to get a better glimpse of them. They 
are beautiful, and although in such close prox- 
imity, their hues are entirely different. 

How often two objects are found so 
closely allied to each other as to be insep- 
arable, each one depending upon the other for 
its existence! This cannot be a freak of na- 
ture or the result of chance. The only sensi- 
ble conclusion is that it was so designed by the 
Creator to teach a most important spiritual 
lesson, — that of the two works of grace, which 
constitute the panoply of the soul. There is no 
way to discard either without serious results. 

There is something about clear, pure water, 
whether it is seen in the placid lake or the 
gushing, mountain torrent, that inspires and 
lifts a person above the toils and cares of this 



MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 7 1 

life, where he is able to breathe a pure 
and holy atmosphere. Hence we see why, as 
shown in the Scriptures, Jesus so often used 
water to illustrate the plan of salvation. 
Water is the symbol of life, and in the boil- 
ing springs, the pools, the lakes, the chasms, 
and the great, spouting geysers, a book is writ- 
ten in the Yellowstone that every one should 
learn to read. 

Our attention was next called to the Fry- 
ing Pan, a basin fifteen feet across, with nu- 
merous boiling jets in constant and violent agi- 
tation. 

I regretted that circumstances were not 
more favorable so that I could have a longer 
period of time to spend at these places, where 
Nature is so full of life and interest. 




ROARING MOUNTAIN \<^ HdyilCS, St. Paul 



CHAPTER V 

NORRIS GEYSER BASIN 

WHEN we arrived at Norris( formerly 
Gibbon) Geyser Basin, I was so cold 
1 could scarcely use my limbs. The 
first attraction was a great, boiling spring at 
the left as we entered the basin. I immedi- 
ately felt the change in the atmosphere, and 
soon got warm after reaching the board walk 
under which the boiling water was flowing, 
the hot steam everywhere being forced out 
through apertures. 

Here was my first sight of the clear water 
geysers. The Constant, with a maximutn 
height of twenty feet,, plays at intervals of 
from thirty to sixty seconds. The Minute 
Man plays at intervals of from one to three 
minutes with a duration of about the same 
length of time. In this basin are also the 
Echinus, the Fearless, the Monarch, with a 
maximum height of fifty feet, playing at in- 
tervals of twenty-five to sixty minutes, the 
New Crater, the Whirligig, and the Val- 



74 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

ENTiNE. The maximum height of the Valen- 
tine is a hundred feet and the time of eruptions 
varies from twenty-two to thirty hours. 

The Black Growler Steam A^ent growled 
continually, sending forth great volumes of 
steam. The deposit around the crater is black 
in some places. The vent north of the Black 
Growler is called the Hurricane. It looks 
much like the former, but is not so active. The 
Bath Tub does not erupt, but is in constant 
agitation. Emerald Pool is a large lake of 
boiling water, green in appearance. 

New Crater Geyser is surrounded by large 
blocks of yellow rock. In the vicinity of this 
geyser, in 1891, a commotion occurred, very 
much like an earthquake, when great volumes 
of water were forced out. Since then there 
have been only ordinary eruptions, about every 
three minutes. The form of the crater is 
such that the water is prevented from attain- 
ing any great height. 

Monarch Geyser, near the base of the hill, 
is almost surrounded by beautifully colored 
rocks. The crater has two openings, the 
larger of which is twenty feet long and three 
feet wide. Eruptions occur without warning, 
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intervals between eruptions are about six hours. 

The Fearless Geyser throws water in 
every direction, apparently defying those who 
wish to approach it. Norris is a new geyser, 
and is probably changing more rapidly than 
any other in the basin. One never knows what 
changes a season may bring forth. 

The Minute Man is always interesting, es- 
pecially on account of its regularity. Its cra- 
ter seems originally to have been merely a 
fissure in a rock. 

A few miles from Norris Basin is Elk 
Park, a valley surrounded by timbered hills. 
Across the river from the road is Chocolate 
Spring, which has built a cone of chocolate 
color. 

Monument Geyser Basin is on the sum- 
mit of Mt. Schurz. There is not much to jus- 
tify the tourist in making the ascent, as there 
are only a dozen or two of crumbling geyser 
cones, some of which steam and rumble, while 
others are apparently extinct. 

On the east side of the river we entered 
Gibbon Canyon, and for several miles were 
shadowed by towering cliffs, in some places a 
thousand feet high. 

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in the canyon. It is fifteen feet across, and 
about a mile from the entrance. While our 
touring car was dashing around the moun- 
tainside, suddenly we came to Gibbon Fall. 
Here, from a height of over eighty feet, bub- 
bling and foaming torrents of water tumble 
down the steep cascades. 

At National Park Mountain, our driver 
announced that we were at the confluence of 
the Gibbon and Firehole Rivers. It was here 
that the famous Washburn exploring party, 
in 1870, decided that the Yellowstone re- 
gion should be set aside as a National Park, 
and from that time put forth their efforts to 
this end. Among the most enthusiastic were 
Cornelius Hedges, David E. Folsom, Lieut. 
Doane, and Nathaniel P. Langford. How 
providential it was that these unselfish, public- 
spirited men should have taken up the subject 
at that time ! 

I did not know that the junction of the 
Gibbon and Firehole Rivers was an historical 
place, but was so fascinated with the scenery, I 
felt that I should like to camp there for a week, 
and have an opportunity to make notes pre- 
paratory to publishing an account of my trip. 
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thing very romantic, about the Firehole River. 
I had heard how it was fed by the geysers and 
boihng springs, and this added enchantment 
to its many charms. At one place I saw a 
great boulder in the river, from the sides of 
which were growing two spruce or pine trees. 

At the Lower and Midway Basins are the 
Great Fountain and Excelsior Geysers. 
The Excelsior, better known as ''Hell's Half 
Acre," ceased to play in 1888. Previous to this 
it was known to throw water to a height of 
300 feet, the time of the eruptions varying 
from one to four hours. Great Fountain ex- 
pels the water to a height of 100 feet, playing 
for thirty minutes, and its eruptions are from 
eight to twelve hours apart. At the present 
time Excelsior Geyser is a boiling lake, where 
the steam often prevents one from getting a 
good view of it. 

The Mammoth Paint Pots held my undi- 
vided interest for the limited time that I had. 
This is a boiling mass of mud, white at the cen- 
ter, and gradually developing into a beautiful 
pink, or flesh color toward the outer edges. 
The caldron of waxen mixture has a basin 
forty by sixty feet in size, with a rim about five 
feet high. The mud in the center bubbles up 



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continually, "plop, plop," under the pressure of 
heat, and cools off toward the outer edges. 

David E. Folsom witnessed a display of 
the Great Fountain Geyser in 1869: 

''The hole through which the water was discharged 
was ten feet in diameter, and was situated in the cen- 
ter of a large circular shallow basin into which the 
water fell. There was a stiff breeze blowing at the 
time, and by going to the windward side and care- 
fully picking our way over convenient stones we 
were enabled to reach the edge of the hole. At that 
moment the escaping steam was causing the water to 
boil up in a fountain five or six feet high. It stopped 
in an instant, and commenced settling down — twenty, 
thirty, forty feet — until we concluded that the bot- 
tom had fallen out, but the next instant, without any 
warning, it came rushing up and shot into the air at 
least eighty feet, causing us to stampede. It contin- 
ued to spout at intervals of a few moments for some 
time, but finally subsided." 

Prismatic Lake fairly dazzled me with its 
beauty. In the center it is a deep blue, blend- 
ing into green toward the edges. In the shal- 
low portion it is yellow, blending into orange 
at the edges. The water sparkles and flows 
ofT in every direction over the slightly raised 
rim of the lake. Its beauty and delicacy of 

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82 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

coloring are impossible to describe. It is 
heated to nearly 150 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Biscuit Basin and Sapphire Pool are 
places of much interest, also Jewel Geyser^ 
Artemisia Geyser^ etc. 

Morning Glory Spring, near River- 
side Bridge, presented to me an idea of what 
the earth will be when the curse is lifted and it 
is clothed in Edenic glory. It is twenty-three 
feet in diameter, with a temperature of 100 
degrees Fahrenheit, and with an apparent 
depth of about thirty feet. 

I had not previously made a study of the 
Park, and never knew what was coming next, 
but before I reached Old Faithful Camp at the 
Upper Geyser Basin, I felt that I had seen 
enough to repay me a thousand-fold for any 
expense or effort that was being made in the 
tour of the Yellowstone, which to me was truly 
a world of wonders. 



CHAPTER VI 

UPPER GEYSER BASIN 

IT was about noon when we reached the 
Upper Geyser Basin, and I felt that it 
would be profitable to take a little rest be- 
fore going any further into the mysteries of this 
"wonderland." Old Faithful was due to play 
shortly after we reached the camp, but I was 
too far away when it was announced she was 
in action to get the full benefit of the display, 
and went back to the camp to wait another 
seventy minutes. The long drive in the fore- 
noon, and the exposure to the cold, caused me 
to feel weary and dull, nevertheless I made an 
effort to be on hand at every eruption, which 
to me became more and more fascinating. 

Old Faithful Inn accommodates 400 
guests. It is constructed of boulders and logs, 
with peaks, angles, dormers, French windows, 
etc. This most restful and impressive abode 
of the tourists is only two or three minutes' 
walk from Old Faithful Geyser, and so lo- 



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cated as to give from its balconies a splendid 
view of the display. 

The office-room is 75 feet square and 92 
feet high, and reaches to the roof, with a mas- 
sive chimney that rises to the top. The build- 
ing is surrounded with beautiful grounds, 
furnished with rustic seats. The chimney 
is fourteen feet square with eight fireplaces, 
and balconies are built around three sides. 
While everything is of the rustic order, 
there is nothing commonplace about the 
hotel or its furnishings. "It is a creation of 
art from the foundation to the peak of the 
roof." 

Old Faithful Geyser in the forefront 
of Old Faithful Inn is like a sentinel, and so 
named because of the regularity of its erup- 
tions. Its crater, from which the water is ex- 
pelled to a height of 150 feet, is an oblong 
opening, two by six feet, at the top of a mound 
of geyserite. Its eruptions sometimes vary a 
few minutes, in the meantime giving warning 
with two or three short spurts, increasing in 
volume until the maximum height is reached. 
The display is short, most of the water falling 
back into the crater, but no more fascinating 
or impressive scene could be found. The for- 





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mations around are brilliant in color, resem- 
bling the more subdued tints and hues seen at 
the Mammoth Hot Springs. 

In the early part of the afternoon, a num- 
ber of tourists, including my brother and sis- 
ter, went with a guide to Geyser Hill. 
After their return, they had much to say 
about what they had seen and heard. Later 
in the day I felt rested and wanted to make 
the trip, and my brother and sister went with 
me. They had learned all they could from 
the guide and wxre ready to name the various 
geysers, springs, and pools, and describe their 
operations to me. Of these, the Giantess, 
Beehive, and Sponge Geysers, were the most 
interesting. The Giantess occupies the most 
prominent position on the hill. Its displays 
attain a height of about lOO feet, and are ac- 
companied by shocks and tremors much like 
earthquakes. The entire eruption lasts from 
twelve to twenty-four hours. The crater ap- 
pears to be about thirty feet in diameter, and 
after each eruption a steam period ensues. In 
191 1, the eruptions varied from four to twelve 
days. Some years previous to this, the eruptions 
took place about once a month. It is believed 
that while activity, as a whole, is decreasing in 



88 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

the geyser regions, a century brings only a 
slight change. 

I stood near -the crater of the Giantess dur- 
ing the steam period. For a moment the vapor 
cleared away, and I could see down the great 
neck of the crater into a yawning chasm, so 
angry and terrible, as to make me feel that 
I had seen with the eye what the Bible describes 
as the bottomless pit, where the sulphurous 
flames belch forth, and "where their worm 
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched'' (Mark 

9:44). 

If there are those who have doubts as to 
the reality of the lake of fire, of which Jesus 
told His disciples, in the i6th chapter of St. 
Luke, they should by all means go to the re- 
gions of the Yellowstone : for here, vividly pre- 
sented to the vision, are the realities of a burn- 
ing underworld, with only a thin crust be- 
tween it and the habitation of human beings. 

The Bible clearly teaches that hell is lo- 
cated in the center of this earth, and therefore 
it must be conceded that the ebon throne of 
Diabolus is somewhere in the heated regions 
below, the intensity of which the geysers, 
pools, springs, and volcanoes are continually 
demonstrating. 




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90 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Whatever may be involved in the separa- 
tion of soul and body, it is nevertheless true 
that the immortal spirit that has not appropri- 
ated the atoning blood must dwell in the con- 
fmes of the bottomless pit, which is described 
in the Scriptures as being in the center of this 
earth. Here are the flames by which Dives 
was tormented when he begged Abra- 
ham to send Lazarus with a drop of water 
to cool his parched tongue, and made an ap- 
peal for some one to go to his father's house 
to warn his five brothers not to come to that 
place of tormen't. Abraham Ihad to refuse 
both requests, saying, "Son, remember that 
thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, 
and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is 
comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside 
all this, between us and you there is a great 
gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from 
hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to 
us, that would come from thence." Then, 
when he wanted some one to go to his father's 
house to warn his brothers, Abraham said, 
"They have Moses and the prophets; let them 
hear them." But still the doomed man con- 
tinued and said, "If one went unto them from 
the dead, they will repent," but he was told, "If 



UPPER GEYSER BASIN 9I 

they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded, though one rose from 
the dead." How true this is! After all the 
influence that can be brought to bear upon 
people, they rebel against God and follow their 
own precepts; and true to fallen human na- 
ture, ask for greater evidence of His power. 
*The wicked shall be turned into hell, and 
all the nations that forget God" (Ps. 9:17). 
This and other plain scriptures should be 
sufficient to warn men to flee the wrath to 
come. Optimism and presumption every- 
where characterize the multitudes when it 
comes to this most important question concern- 
ing the future welfare of the soul. 

The man who had allowed the devil to de- 
ceive him and take him at last to his abode in 
the regions of torment, was still presumptuous 
and persistent. He wanted help, which it was 
impossible for him to receive, and also warning 
given to his father's house, which they had re- 
fused to take through Moses and the 
prophets. 

It is necessary at this period of the world's 
history to have an object lesson like that of the 
Yellowstone National Park to convince people 
of the infallibility of God's word. It is the 



92 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

time of the fulfilment of prophecy concerning 
the last days, of which Paul says, 

"This know also, that in the last days peril- 
ous times shall come. For men shall be lovers 
of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, 
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthank- 
ful, unholy. Without natural affection, truce- 
breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, de- 
spisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, 
highminded, LOVERS OF PLEASURES 
MORE THAN LOVERS OF GOD" (2 Tim. 

3:1-5). 

Many pleasure seekers are now thronging 

Yellowstone Park, and in ten thousand dem- 
onstrations are having to face the realities 
of God's word and the life that is to come. I 
saw some of them standing near the yawning 
craters of the geysers under deep conviction, 
and no doubt silently resolving to live different 
lives, while others frankly stated that the 
depths of their beings had been disturbed, and 
that it was no time to trifle with the soul. 

There is no such thing as shirking the re- 
sponsibility, where Nature co-operates with 
the Almighty on such a tremendous scale in 
the display of His power. A person may try 
to stifle his conscience and refuse to yield to 



94 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

the voice that speaks from above, but he can 
not evade the fact that the issue must be 
met; and why not yield to the pressure and 
make the decision now? Life at best is short, 
and it is perilous to crowd into some future 
time the things that should be taken under con- 
sideration now. 

The Teakettle and the Vault give warn- 
ing before the Giantess erupts. The Vault 
plays eight feet high, twenty-four hours be- 
fore the Giantess. 

Topaz at the base of the Giantess mound 
is a pool of remarkable beauty. I was much 
interested in the Pump near the Sponge Gey- 
ser. It is a hole eighteen inches across, out of 
which comes a thumping sound, resembling a 
hydraulic ram. 

The Sponge Geyser has a beautiful cone 
of flinty formation resembling that of a 
sponge. Eruptions are about four feet high, 
occuring a minute and a quarter apart. 

The Beehive Geyser has a cone four feet 
high and three feet across, and plays to the 
height of 200 feet. Its indicator, a small fis- 
sure north of the cone, foretells its eruptions. 
It is supposed that there is some relationship 
between the Beehive and the Giantess from 




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C}6 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

the fact that the Beehive plays at intervals of 
from eight to twelve hours after the Giantess 
and has been seen to play before the Giantess. 

The Doublet Pool is near the Giantess 
and is marked ''Dangerous/' The geyser for- 
mations accumulate very slowly and the water 
here flows out over a thin crust. 

The Lion Geyser, with the Lioness and 
two Cubs, occupies a prominent place not far 
from the Giant. Its eruptions occur usually in 
series of three, about two and one-half hours 
apart, after which follows a quiet period of 
about twelve hours. The first eruption is the 
highest and most charming in appearance. 
The water is forced up fifty or sixty feet high, 
the eruption lasting about five minutes. 

During some seasons the Lioness has not 
played at all. In 1903 it is said that the Lion- 
ess and both Cubs played at the same time to 
a large party of tourists. The larger Cub 
plays with the Lioness to a height of about 
thirty feet, the smaller one plays oftener, but 
only a few feet high. 

Castle Geyser is on a prominence op- 
posite Geyser Hill. The mound on which it is 
situated covers about three acres, rising 
more than forty feet above the river. It has 



UPPER GEYSER BASIN 97 

the most prominent cone in the Upper Basin, 
resembling an old castle. At intervals the 
steam escapes and throws out jets of water, 
though it erupts only every two days. Near 
Castle Geyser is Castle Spring^ a beautiful 
pool of water, highly colored. 

The Sawmill Geyser gets its name from 
the peculiar noise it makes during an eruption. 
It plays at intervals of three or four hours and 
at a height of about forty feet. Its indica- 
tor is near-by; they both start together and 
suddenly begin to throw water in all directions. 

The Grand Geyser discharges water in 
forked columns 200 feet high. It is said to 
play much more frequently in the spring than 
in the fall. This is because the water supply 
is greater in the mountain regions at this sea- 
son. 

Turban Geyser is near the Grand. The 
early explorers believed that internal fires 
were seen in its crater; if so, it was caused, no 
doubt, by the light playing on bubbles of gas. 
Firehole Lake furnishes a good example of 
this phenomenon. The Turban Geyser plays 
about twenty-five feet high. Sometimes its 
eruptions occur with the Grand Geyser. 

The Economic Geyser gets its name 

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UPPER GEYSER BASIN 



99 



from the fact that during its eruptions nearly 
all the water flows back into its crater. In 
form it resembles Old Faithful, but plays only 
about fifteen feet high. 

Beauty Spring attracts much attention. 
It is a large, silent pool remarkable for its col- 
oring. Almost every person, when approaching 
it for the first time, remarks about its beauty, 
hence, our guide said, it received its name. A 
rusty color predominates in various shades 
from the richest brown, blending into green 
and yellow tints. 

Butterfly Spring is about four feet 
across and has an opening in each wing. It 
looks like a butterfly in both color and shape. 
These double springs, of which I saw a number, 
as heretofore stated, have a spiritual signifi- 
cance, illustrating the two works of grace, 
justification and sanctification,so clearly taught 
in both the Old and the New Testament. 

The Ear is a most remarkable small 
spring. Not only is it in the shape of an ear, 
but its lobe seems to be pierced, and the ear- 
ring is a tiny geyser. "It is here that mes- 
sages are transmitted, so the story goes, to re- 
gions below." 

Beach Spring reminded me of an oys- 



UPPER GEYSER BASIN lOI 

ter, the opening in the center corresponding 
to the dark spot. It is surrounded by a flat, 
submerged beach. 

After we had visited the springs and gey- 
sers on the hill, we returned to the camp to 
await tlie next number on the day's program. 



CHAPTER VII 

UPPER GEYSER BASIN (CONT.) 

SHORTLY after dinner the news was cir- 
culated that a rehgious service was to be 
held in the office of the camp, where the 
guests assembled around the large fireplace. I 
learned from some friends that our party was 
expected to conduct the meeting. Later, the 
manager asked me to take charge of the service. 
She said that it would be impossible to get the 
people in until after 8:30 o'clock, as Old Faith- 
ful would be due to make a display about that 
time, and that the great searchlight from the 
hotel would be turned on the geyser when the 
water reached its maximum height. This 
caused much excitement among the guests, 
and every person sought the best position to 
get a view of the display. 

Immediately afterward the people gathered 
in for the service. Song books were passed 
around and a lively interest was taken in the 
singing, in which nearly every one joined. 



UPPER GEYSER BASIN IO3 

My brother and his wife sang a number of 
pieces together which greatly pleased the audi- 
ence. My brother then preached a short ser- 
mon and I followed, giving them some inter- 
esting history concerning the Pillar of Fire 
church. This seemed to be the subject in 
which most of them were interested, and I was 
glad to be able to give them the information 
they desired. There is so much akin to the su- 
pernatural in the Yellowstone it made the 
preaching of the Gospel easy on this occasion. 

The day, after having been full of interest 
and inspiration, closed with a message of 
salvation for the people, w^iich was best of all. 
Many gathered around us to express their ap- 
preciation of the service. 

The next morning I arose refreshed and 
ready to finish the tour of the Upper Geyser 
Basin, which contains twenty-six geysers and 
more than four hundred hot pools and springs. 
A party of "hikers," with a guide, started out 
about nine o'clock to make the rounds before 
luncheon. I was not quite sure that I could 
keep up with them, but as many of the places 
are not accessible to vehicles I had to make the 
attempt or miss my opportunity. 

The basin is drained in the center bv the 



I04 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Firehole River. Everywhere steaming hot 
springs are seen, also mounds and cones of 
geyserite. In this basin, within a square mile, 
are the grandest and mightiest geysers in the 
world. There are pools of scalding water 
whose marvelous beauty and delicacy of color- 
ing cannot be described. Everywhere are un- 
dulations crowned with geyser cones, or hot 
spring vents of a grayish white appearance. 
In places, the earth trembles, strange rum- 
blings are heard, and the air is heavy with sul- 
phurous fumes. How could it be otherwise 
but that a person should feel that he is in close 
proximity to the Inferno which Dante so viv- 
idly described! 

The Riverside Geyser^ on the banks of the 
Firehole River, plays, we were told, "Over the 
River'' at intervals of six or seven hours. 
Sometimes eruptions occur more frequently 
for a period of several days. 

Grotto Geyser has the most attractive 
formation of any geyser in the park. The 
Washburn party named it in 1870. Its erup- 
tions are irregular, occurring at intervals of 
two to eight hours and lasting from fifteen min- 
utes to eight hours. Sometimes the Grotto 
ceases and the Rocket plays to a height of 




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I06 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

fifty feet. After it has ceased, the Grotto re- 
sumes action. 

The Giant Geyser, south of the Grotto, 
is the highest in the world. We found a 
person near it in soldier's uniform who said 
he had been waiting there a week to see it 
play. Its maximum height is 250 feet, which 
is reached during the first twenty minutes of 
its eruption. Its cone is ten feet high with 
one side partly broken off. Eruptions occur 
every seven to twelve days. 

Near the Giant are three ''boiling cal- 
drons," Catfish, Bijou^ and Mastiff. 
These are supposed to be indicators, but it is 
uncertain whether the eruptions of the Giant 
are foretold by them. 

The Daisy is a very beautiful and relia- 
ble geyser, erupting every one and a half to 
two hours. Seventy-five feet is its maximum 
height. 

The BoNiTA Pool, across the road, acts as 
an indicator. 

The Brilliant is a beautiful blue hot 
spring and near to it is the Comet, which has 
built up a small cone of geyserite. 

When our party reached Castle Geyser on 
a hill opposite the Giantess, our guide called 




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108 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

attention to the fact that the Giantess was in 
action. Our time was limited, but every mem- 
ber of the party wanted to cross the bridge 
and go to Geyser Hill and get as near to its 
crater as possible. We did so, and it was at 
this time, during the steam period, when the 
water had receded, that I got a glimpse into 
its awful depths; and trembled at the yawn- 
ing chasm which threatened to engulf us. It 
looked as if it might be connected with the 
place where the king of darkness dwells and 
his organized forces operate. We had only 
a few minutes to tarry,, and hastened back to 
the vicinity of Castle Geyser to renew the 
journey. 

I was grateful for this little diversion, 
which broke in on the regular program of the 
tour, feeling that I had been fortunate to see 
at least one eruption from, the crater of the 
Giantess. 

Morning-Glory Spring, or Geyser, as it 
is sometimes called, was to me the climax in 
beauty of all the springs in the geyser basins. 
It looked as if it might be a gem of Paradise 
that had survived the curse. It appears to be 
a mass of many-colored liquids, resembling a 
giant morning-glory, hence its name. 



CHAPTER VIII 

THE BOTTOMLESS PIT 

PROOF is often asked for statements 
made that hell is located in the center of 
the earth. John, as recorded in the 20th 
chapter of Revelation, said, 

"And I saw an angel come down from 
heaven, having the key of the BOTTOMLESS 
PIT and a great chain in his hand. And he 
laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which 
is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thou- 
sand years. And cast him into the BOTTOM- 
LESS PIT, and shut him up, and set a seal 
upon him, that he should deceive the nations 
no more, till the thousand years should be ful- 
filled.'' 

Where else could the bottomless pit be but 
in the center of this earth, when it is implic- 
itly stated that the angel came down from 
heaven with the chain to bind Satan? Ours 
is the sphere for which he is contending and 
where he has so long deceived the nations. 



no WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Where else could the angel lock him up but on 
the inside of the earth? 

In the 1 6th chapter of Numbers we have 
an account of Korah's company, who mur- 
mured and rebelled against the Lord, and 
Moses, in trying to show how great was their 
crime against God, said, 

''If these men die the common death of 
all men, or if they be visited after the visita- 
tion of all men; then the Lord hath not sent 
me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and 
the earth open her mouth, and swallow them 
up, with all that appertain unto them, and they 
go down quick into the PIT; then ye shall un- 
derstand that these men have provoked the 
Lord. 

''And it came to pass, as he had made an end 
of speaking all these words, that the ground 
clave asunder that was under them. And the 
earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them 
up, and their houses, and all the men that ap- 
pertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 
They, and all that appertained to them, went 
down alive into the PIT, and the earth closed 
upon them: and they perished from among 
the congregation. And all Israel that were 
round about them fled at the cry of them : for 



112 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also." 

In the first chapter of Job, we have an ac- 
count of a controversy between the Lord and 
Satan. And the Lord said unto Satan, 

"Whence comest thou?" 

Then Satan answered, "From going to and 
fro in the earth, and from walking up and 
down in it." 

The Lord asked Satan if he had considered 
His servant Job, a perfect and an upright man, 
one who "feareth God, and escheweth evil." 

Satan, unwilling to admit Job's loyalty to 
God, said, 

"Hast not thou made an hedge about him, 
.... on every side? thou hast blessed the 
work of his hands, and his substance is in- 
creased in the land. But put forth thine hand 
now, and touch all that he hath, and he will 
curse thee to thy face." 

The Lord took the challenge, and said, 

"Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; 
only upon himself put not forth thine hand." 

It follows that calamity fell upon Job's 
household, and he lost his sons and his daugh- 
ters and all that he had. And again Satan 
presented himself before the Lord, after he 
had lost in the battle with Job, who main- 



THE BOTTOMLESS PIT IT3 

tained his integrity through his afflictions, and 
sinned not nor charged God foohshly. 

The second time the Lord said unto Satan, 

''Whence comest thou?" 

And again the answer was, 'Trom going to 
and fro in the earth, and from walking up and 
down in it." 

Here is an admission from Satan himself 
which proves without a doubt where he dwells ; 
and it is here that the mighty angel will capture 
him and bind him with a great chain and lock 
him up in the center of this earth for a thou- 
sand years. It is comforting to know that 
Job won in the second battle, after Satan had 
afflicted him with boils from the soles of his 
feet to the crown of his head, and so will 
Satan be defeated at the closing up of this age, 
when judgments shall fall upon the wicked, as 
upon Korah's company, and great demonstra- 
tions of God's power be seen and felt. 

Jude speaks of the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own habitations 
(that is, came down to earth) whom God "hath 
reserved in everlasting chains under darkness 
unto the judgment of the great day." He 
also makes mention of the inhabitants of Sod- 
om and Gomorrah, sufifering the vengeance of 

Yellowstone — 8 



THE BOTTOMLESS PIT II5 

eternal fire. Tliese are but a few of the in- 
stances mentioned in the Scriptures showing- 
the location of hell, which is the abode of the 
wicked, and where Diabolus has his throne. 

The impression that was made on the ex- 
plorers of the Yellowstone regions is indicated 
by certain names that were given to some 
places, such as ''Devil's Kitchen,'' ''Devil's 
Frying Pan," "Black Growler," "Hell Broth 
Springs," "Devil's Hoof," "Devil's Inkwell" 
"Hell's Half Acre," etc. 

That the suggestion of these things should 
be a mere freak, or fancy of the mind is out of 
the question, when there is so much scriptural 
proof to the contrary. 

Man has been created in the image of God, 
and a little lower than the angels (Heb. 2:- 
7). There is a voice that speaks to the soul 
when all others are hushed. Intuitively he 
knows that punishment awaits the wicked, 
however much he may try to stifle his con- 
science and evade the issue. 

The only way to escape the wrath that is 
to come, is through the atoning blood, the ef- 
ficacy of which is proved when conditions are 
met. 'Without shedding of blood is no re- 
mission" (Heb. 9:22). 





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The Punch Bowl is situated in a narrow 
divide in the valley. Its rim is ornamented 
with yellow, saffron, and red. It is one 
of the gems of beauty in the upper basin, 
and is so located as to revive the spirits of 
those who, starting out on foot from the Upper 
Basin Camp and Old Faithful Inn, have grown 
weary in making the tour. When our guide 
called it out, I felt that I could go no farther 
without resting, but after tarrying a few min- 
utes, and admiring its beauty, I was refreshed. 
I was, perhaps, the only one in the company who 
was overtaxed physically, and had to trust to 
the good will of the guide not to leave me too 
far behind. He kindly took notice, and halted, 
giving everybody a few minutes to rest, while 
he explained the scientific action of the geysers. 

These beautiful springs in remote places 
reminded me of the gems of salvation that are 
obtained only through sacrifice and suffering. 
There is always a price to be paid for anything 
that is of worth. It cost me something to visit 
some of them on foot, but I was well 
paid. After leaving the Punch Bowl we fol- 
lowed the trail down across the bridge where 
a number of surprises awaited us. The 
Handkerchief Pool, which is sometimes 




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THK BOTTOMLESS PIT IICJ 

called the Laundry, was among them. We 
threw our handkerchiefs in and they w^ere 
carried down into the opening, and then 
brought back and delivered, as carefully as if 
they were being handled by unseen hands. 

Emerald Pool is not far from the 
Handkerchief Spring, and is by far the most 
beautiful in the upper basin. It thrilled me 
as I looked at it from different angles, blending 
from a deep green in the center to yellow 
toward the edge. The formations around the 
pool are red, the water is hot, but never boils, 
and slightly overflows. 

Cliff Spring boils violently. Some peo- 
ple call it a geyser, but it is supposed to be only 
a spring. 

Black Sand Spring and Specimen Lake 
simply defy language in tryingto describe them, 
the coloring presents such remarkable varieties. 
The extremely delicate pinks are mingled with 
equally delicate tints of saffron and yellow, 
with here and there shades of green. 

While the springs in this neighborhood are 
fascinating in the extreme, we did not tarry 
long, as it was nearly noon, and our guide said 
w^e would have to hasten. 

When the party started toward Old Faith- 



120 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

ful Inn and the camp, I decided to take my 
time and go alone. I had gone only a short 
distance through the wood when a harmless 
snake crossed my path. It frightened me, and 
I tried to kill it, but did not succeed. There 
was a significance to me in running on to the 
reptile; it settled something in my mind, 
whereas I had not as yet been able to come to 
a decision; and I took it as being among the all 
things that work together for good to them 
that love God and who are the called accord- 
ing to His purpose. 

On my way to the camp, I came to three 
boiHng pools, and was surprised that no men- 
tion had been made of them on the tour. 
Later, I learned that they were the Three 
Sisters, not far from Castle Geyser on the 
road leading from Riverside Geyser, to Old 
Faithful Inn. 

I stopped at Haynes' Picture Shop. Here 
I saw some marvelous specimens of art, show- 
ing the wonders of the Yellowstone, but none, 
of course, could do justice to what I had seen. 

To finish up the tour it would take another 
day, but our time was limited, and as we had 
spent a day at Cody and the weather was get- 
ting cool, we decided to leave in the afternoon. 



122 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Among some of the attractions that we 
would have to miss in not finishing the tour to 
Yellowstone Lake, were Kepler Cascade, Two 
Ocean Pond, Moose Fall, and the Continental 
Divide which extends from Canada to Mexico. 

At the Thumb there are several geyser 
cones, springs, and paint pots. The Fishing 
Cone with a boiling spring in the center, is 
surrounded by the cold water of the lake. At 
one time fishermen, without moving out of their 
tracks caught fish from the lake and swung 
them into the spring where they were cooked 
while still on the hook. This practice, however, 
is now prohibited by law. 



CHAPTER IX 

THE VOICE OF GOD 

THIRTY-FOUR years ago, while teach- 
ing school, I had an opportunity of 
going to Yellowstone National Park 
with a camping party of school teachers 
and others from Southern Montana, but as 
I needed money, I decided to teach a sum- 
mer school and to postpone the trip until 
some future time. When the party returned 
and tried to tell me about the many wonders 
they had seen, I resolved not to lose another 
opportunity to go, but I did, and for the same 
reason that kept me from going before. After 
this I was not so enthusiastic over the Yellow- 
stone and the many miracles to be seen there. 

However, I was always interested in some 
of the descriptions of the geysers, — Old Faith- 
ful, the Giant, Giantess, and others, that threw 
boiling water, at intervals, from 150 to 250 feet 
into the air. In Gospel messages I used them 
to illustrate spiritual truths, but no one had 
ever given me the slightest conception of the 



124 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Grand Canyon, the Upper and Lower Yellow- 
stone Falls, the boiling pools, the paint pots, 
the cascades. Mammoth Hot Springs, the ex- 
quisite colorings of the mineral formations. 
Roaring Mountain, '^Hell's Half Acre," the 
majestic mountain peaks and ranges. Rainbow 
Lake, the Punch Bowl, Amethyst Spring, and 
a thousand other things which so awed and in- 
spired me that out of the depths of my being, T 
exclaimed, "What is man, that thou art mind- 
ful of him ? and the son of man, that thou visit- 
est him ? For thou hast made him a little lower 
than the angels, and hast crowned him with 
glory and honor. Thou madest him to have 
dominion over the works of thy hands; thou 
hast put all things under his feet." 

But how unworthy has he proved to be! 
Amidst the magnificence and grandeur of the 
wonders of Nature, he is ever showing his in- 
gratitude, and the tendency to prostitute these 
things to the uses of his baser nature, and take 
all the glory to himself. He makes use of the 
gold and silver to build himself a habitation 
that storms are destined to shatter, leaving 
him exposed to divine wrath. 

As I meditated upon these things, my 
heart cried out, ''Who shall ascend into 



126 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand 
in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart; .... He shall receive 
the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness 
from the God of his salvation" (Ps. 24: 3-5). 
My heart overflowed like the boiling springs 
and the gushing geysers, which symbolize the 
sanctified life. 

When I first had opportunity to go to Yel- 
lowstone Park, I did not enjoy the experience 
of sanctification, and therefore could not have 
appreciated its m'any wonders as I do now. 
Who knows but this is the reason why the door 
closed and did not open for me to go until I 
should be in the enjoyment of this experience, 
and able to impart spiritual truths to others? 

There is an inner chamber of the soul that 
corresponds to the hill of the Lord. It is the 
place where the Shekinah dwells and His se- 
crets are made manifest. Those who know 
Him in the relationship of the Bride can bet- 
ter appreciate His handiwork. Submission to 
the whole will of God is the price of such an 
experience. 

There are those who appreciate the gran- 
deur and magnificence of the Yellowstone as 
a whole, but there are thousands of spiritual 



128 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

lessons which the book of nature unfolds 
that the ordinary sightseer fails to grasp. 

At one place, there are two openings in 
a pool, or two springs so close together that 
they are called The Goggles. Here again 
the two works of grace are beautifully set 
forth. Our guide illustrated some love affair 
by the two springs to the amusement of the 
young people in the company, but inadvertently 
my mind turned to the deeper spiritual truths 
of which they furnish a splendid example. 

It takes the Holy Spirit to read God in 
nature as much as it does to interpret His word. 
Jesus said, "But the Comforter, which is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my 
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring 
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you." Also, "Howbeit when 
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide 
you into all truth ; . . . . and he will shew you 
things to come" (John i6: 13). 

The two springs, to me, represented Justifi- 
cation and Sanctification, — the two works of 
grace in the atonement, without which the soul 
is exposed to the wrath of God. It is the of- 
fice work of the Holy Spirit to reveal Jesus to 
the heart and to act in the capacity of the 



THE VOICE OF GOD 1 29 

Comforter, but when He takes possession He 
cleanses and purifies His temple. This is 
done when the heart is sanctified wholly. It 
is thenceforth the abiding place of the Holy 
Spirit. 

I could not help but think of what it shall 
be when the earth shall be rent, the mountains 
removed from their places, and men shall cry 
for the rocks and hills to fall upon them to 
hide them from the presence of Him that sit- 
teth on the throne. There is no fear where 
the Holy Spirit is the abiding Guest. The 
rocks may rend and the earth be removed out 
of its place, but peace will flow like a river. 

Those who are so fortunate as to see the 
wonders of the Yellowstone will either soften 
or harden as the result of coming in touch 
with that which is so closely allied to the super- 
natural. It is like the melting influence of the 
Holy Spirit under a Gospel message when men 
are compelled to make their decision for 
eternity. God forbid that they should harden. 
If so, what could awaken them to their danger? 
The great war that has so recently terminated, 
bringing so much suffering and sacrifice, has 
made people better or worse. It has been a 

Yellowstone — 9 



THE VOICE OF GOD I3I 

blessing or a curse, and so will the geyser re- 
gion be to those who visit it. 

Should there be those who pass by the won- 
ders of the Yellowstone with cold indifference 
and a lack of response to what is seen there, it 
is proof that the world has already played 
havoc with their finer sensibilities, and as a re- 
sult of this hardening process the mind and 
lieart refuse to yield when brought under the 
strongest moral and spiritual influences. May 
God save people from such a calamity, — from 
becoming clay that is irresponsive to the di- 
vine touch. May they learn to magnify His 
name while suspended by the brittle thread of 
life over a yawning chasm of burning lava 
which is threatening to engulf them. Should 
man not be prepared for the great event 
that must come to everyone, there will be no 
one to blame but himself. God has made him a 
free moral agent, capable of choosing between 
right and wrong. If he should make the 
wrong decision, he will have to abide by the 
consequences. 

How many tourists will see the spring 
called the Ear and yet fail to hear the voice of 
God speaking to the soul through its many 
beauties ! How many fail to hear Him speak- 



THE VOICE OF GOD I33 

ing through the great subterranean channels 
hundreds of feet below the surface, thunder- 
ing the terrors of a broken law and heralding 
the news of His impending judgments ! 

A great author said, ''O woman, thy name 
is frailty." The many short-comings of the 
gentler sex provoked this expression, but does 
not the word frailty equally apply to every in- 
dividual on whom the curse has fallen? There 
is ever a downward tendency and a proneness 
to place the affections on material things, to 
worship the creature rather than the Creator. 

It is with much difficulty that tourists in the 
Yellowstone are prevented from defacing the 
formations around the geysers, which have 
been centuries in making. There are those 
who would pay almost any price to be per- 
mitted to carry away souvenirs, but if they 
were allowed to do so one can readily see what 
the consequence w^ould be. Of what use are 
pieces of geyserite when taken away from their 
natural environment? It would be impossible 
to form an opinion as to what they represent. 
Likewise there are those who are satisfied 
with mere forms of religion, — baptism, church 
membership, or any substitute for real salva- 
tion. AVhat knowledge would a piece of gey- 



134 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

serite give a person of Old Faithful, the Giant, 
or the Giantess, in action? 

Baptism with water is an outward sign of 
an inner work, but there are multitudes who 
are satisfied with the souvenir and go blindly 
on to the Judgment to find their mistake when 
it is too late to make amends. There can be no 
excuse on account of ignorance, for the Scrip- 
tures furnish abundant evidence that there 
must be a work wrought by the Holy Spirit in 
the heart before a person is ready for the skies. 
There is no better illustration of the sanc- 
tified experience than that which the geysers 
demonstrate. Jesus said to the woman at the 
well, "But whosoever drinketh of the water 
that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the 
water that I shall give him shall be in him a 
well of water springing up into everlasting 
Hfe.'^ 

So with one who obtains the living water, — 
he has an inexhaustible supply, springing up in 
his soul. Outward conditions do not affect the 
deep whence it has its source, but it flows on re- 
gardless of conditions on the surface, bringing 
life and happiness to multitudes. 

At three o'clock in the afternoon, we 
boarded one of the touring cars to Yellowstone, 



THE VOICE OF GOD I35 

Montana, the Western Entrance to the Park, 
where there is a branch terminal of the Union 
Pacific Raih'oad. A Httle more than four days 
had elapsed since we started on the tour at 
Cody, Wyoming, but to me it was the beginning 
of a new epoch, and I felt that enough had been 
crowded into the four days to talk and write 
about for the rest of my life. I had stocked up 
my storehouse with a supply of illustrations to 
be used in books and Gospel exhortations ; and 
not only expected to profit by what I had seen, 
but to do what I could to make an impression 
upon others; and the result so far has been 
satisfactory. 



136 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

THE YELLOWSTONE PARK AND HOW 
IT WAS NAMED 



The Devil was sitting in Hades one day, 
In a very disconsolate sort of a way. 
One could tell from his vigorous switching of tail, 
His scratching his horn with the point of his nail, 
That something had gone with His Majesty wrong. 
The steam was so thick and the sulphur so strong. 
He rose from his throne with a gleam in his eye. 
And beckoning an agate-eyed imp standing by, 
Commanded forthwith to be sent to him there 
Old Charon, employed in collecting the fare 
Of the wicked, who crossed the waters of Styx, 
And found themselves soon in a deuce of a fix. 

Old Charon, thus summoned, came soon to his chief, 

As the Devil was angry, the confab was brief. 

Says the Devil to Charon, "Now, what shall I do? 

The world it grows worse and grows wickeder, too; 

What with Portland, Chicago, Francisco, New York, 

I get in my mortals too fast for my fork; 

I haven't the room in these caverns below, 

St. Peter, above, is rejecting them so. 

So hie you, my Charon, to earth, far away. 

Fly over the globe without any delay. 

And find me a spot, quite secluded and drear. 

Where I can drill holes from the center in here. 

I must blast out more space; so survey the spot well, 

For the project on hand is the enlargement of Hell. 

"But recollect one thing, Old Charon, when you 
Can locate the district where I can bore through, 
There must be conveniences scattered around 
To carry on business when I'm above ground. 
An 'ink-pot' must always be ready at hand 
To write out the names of the parties I strand. 



THE YELLOWSTONE PARK I37 

There must be a 'punch-bowl,' a 'frying pan,' too, 

A 'caldron' in which to concoct a 'ragout.' 

An 'old faithful' sentinel showing my power, 

Must, shoot a salute on the earth every hour, 

And should any mortal by accident view 

The spot you have chosen, why, this you must do : 

Develop a series of pools, green and blue, 

That while these poor earth bugs may beauties admire, 

They'll forget that below I'm poking the fire. 

Now fly away, Charon, be quick as you can. 

For my place here's so full that I can't roast a man." 

To earth flew fleet Charon, to regions of ice; 

He found these too cold — so away in a trice 

He sought a location in Africa's sands, 

He prospected, and finding too much on his hands, 

He cut out Australia, Siberia, too. 

The north part of China — no ! they would not do ; 

Till, just as about to relinquish the chase. 

He stumbled upon a most singular place, 

'Twas deep in the midst of a mountainous range, 

Surrounded by valleys secluded and strange. 

In a country the greatest, the grandest, the best 

To be found upon earth — America's West. 

Here the crust seemed qui e thin, and the purified air, 

With the chemicals hidden around everyw^here, 

Would soon make the lakes that the Devil desired ; 

So he flew to Chicago, and there to him wired : 

"I've found you a place never looked at before; 

You may heat up the rocks, turn on water, and bore." 

Then the Devil with mortals kept plying the fire. 
Extracting the water around from the mire. 
And boring great holes with a terrible dust, 
Till soon quite a number appeared near the crust, 
Then he turned on the steam — and lo ! upward, did fly, 
Through rents in the surface, the rocks to the sky. 



138 WITH GOD IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

Then with a rumble there came from each spot, 

Huge volumes of water remarkably hot, 

That had been there in caverns since Lucifer fell — 

Thus immensely enlarging the confines of Hell, 

And it happens that now when Old Charon brings in 

A remarkable load of original sin. 

That His Majesty quietly rakes up the coals. 

And up spouts the water, in jets, through the holes. 

One may tell by the number of spurts when they come. 

How many poor mortals the Devil takes home. 

But Yankees can sometimes, without doing evil, 
O'ermatch in sagacity even the Devil. 
For not long ago Uncle Sam came that way 
And said to himself, "Here's the Devil to pay. 
Successful I've been in all previous wars; 
Now Satan shall bow to the Stripes and the Stars. 
This property's mine, and I hold it in fee; 
And all of this earth shall its majesty see. 
The deer and the elk unmolested shall roam, 
The bear and the buffalo each have a home; 
The eagle shall spring from her eyrie and soar 
O'er crags in the canyons where cataracts roar; 
The wild fowls shall circle the pools in their flight, 
The geysers shall flash in the moonbeams at night, 
Now I christen the country — let all nations hark! 
I name it the Yellowstone National Park." 

— Wm. Tod Helmuth. 

(Reprinted from Haynes' Guide of Yellowstone National 
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